Chapter 199
Melody still wanted to talk business with Ken, but he walked towards the dining table as if he did not care about this matter at all.
Melody’s eyes darkened and she smiled self–deprecatingly.
She thought, “That’s true. Why should Ken care about these things? None of the comments are scolding him. This scandal does not affect him at all since he is so wealthy and powerful. I still think too highly of myself in Ken’s heart!’
Melody suppressed her emotions and was about to call Shane to get up for lunch when she heard Ken click his tongue at the dining table. His tone was filled with doubt as he asked, “Melody, I helped you carn 200 thousand dollars and you’re giving me this?”
Melody stopped in her tracks and explained, “There’s not much food in the kitchen. This is all I can do.”
Susan quickly explained to Melody, “Mr. Ken, you don’t usually have lunch at home and you like to eat fresh ingredients, so I didn’t stock up on many ingredients in the fridge…”
Melody walked to the dining table and said, “If you can wait, I’ll go to the supermarket to buy groceries now.”
“Forget it.” Ken pulled out a chair and sat down. “Let’s have this for now.”
He scooped a bowl of oatmeal into the bowl and took a sip. Then he tasted the omelet and finally the pickle.
Melody wanted to see from his expression if he was satisfied with what she made, but Ken had the same expression no matter what he ate. She could not see anything and could only ask, “Is the taste okay?”
Ken did not answer. He looked up at her. “Aren’t you going to call that brat out for lunch?”
Melody thought of Shane and quickly walked to the guest room. She did not notice that the corners of Ken’s mouth curled up slightly.
When Susan saw Melody enter the room, she deliberately asked in a low voice, “Mr. Ken, do you need me to go out to buy groceries?”
He did not answer her question. “There is hot food here.”
“What?” Susan looked confused. She only saw Ken’s lips curl up slightly.
Susan was a smart person. Knowing that she did not have to go out to buy groceries anymore, she turned around and returned to the kitchen to clean up.
In the room, Melody finally woke Shane up. When she walked out of the room, Ken was already gone.
She asked Susan with her eyes. Susan pointed upstairs and said softly, “Mr. Deeds is back. They are talking upstairs.”
Melody nodded and sat down to eat oatmeal with Shane.
Shane did not like to eat. He mumbled that he wanted to eat ice cream. Melody tried her best to persuade him, but he only took a sip of the oatmeal. Then, he dived right in. He finished most of the oatmeal and reached out with his small hand and said, “Melody, I want more!”
Melody nodded with a smile. Just as she was about to ask Susan to scoop more, Susan said awkwardly, “Sorry, Mr. Ken has finished the rest. Only your portion is left.”
“What?” Melody could not help but raise her voice. “We made food enough to feed five people.”
Susan rubbed her hands. She was too embarrassed to say that Ken had asked her to store half of it in the fridge and not allow anyone to eat it. She only repeated, “There’s only one bowl left.”
Melody had no choice but to give half a bowl of oatmeal to Shane. Fortunately, she had a small appetite, so half a bowl of oatmeal was enough for
her.
After Shane finished, he started yawning again, probably because he was really tired from crying.
She patiently brought Shane back to the guest room and coaxed him to sleep before quietly walking out of the room.
Susan was putting away the dishes. She walked over and asked, “Have they come down?”
Susan shook her head. “Not yet.”
Melody said, “I’ll go up and take a look.”
She thought, ‘What James and Ken are talking about is related to me. I should go up and join them to see if there is anything I can help with.
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However, just as Melody reached the door of Ken’s room, she heard Ken’s voice coming from inside. “Are you sure it was released by Janet?”
Melody stopped in her tracks and retracted her hand from the doorknob uncontrollably.
James said, “Yes, it’s confirmed to be Miss Murphy. I haven’t contacted Miss Murphy yet. I don’t know if there’s a misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding?” Ken sneered and said, “The surveillance camera has already found out that it’s her. The IP belongs to someone with the last name Murphy. You still think it’s a misunderstanding?”
“Then…” After two seconds of silence, James asked, “Could it be that Miss Murphy has other arrangements? Do you need me to call her over now?”
Ken asked, “No need. Has the post been deleted?”
James said, “It’s deleted. The relevant keywords have also been banned.”
Ken said, “Okay.”
When Melody heard this, she opened the door and entered the room with a natural expression.
Both of them looked at her with different expressions.
Melody asked, “James, did you find anything?”
James glanced at Ken. Ken said indifferently, “We didn’t find anything. The surveillance cameras near the kindergarten happened to malfunction. The IP address of the person who posted is overseas and can’t be located.”
Melody looked deeply at Ken. Then, she nodded slowly. “If you can’t find anything, then forget it.”
Ken paused and said, “Alright. I’m sorry…”
Melody did not want to find out why he was sorry. She suppressed the disappointment in her heart and smiled. “What’s there to be sorry about? I didn’t lose anything. Shane went to sleep again. I am afraid that he will suddenly wake up, so I am going to accompany him. Call me if you need anything. I’ll be in the guest room.”
“Sure.” Ken did not say anything else.
Melody nodded at James and turned to leave.
The moment she closed the door, the smile on her face could no longer be maintained.
She did not stay any longer and quickly went downstairs. She quietly lay beside Shane and stared at the ceiling.
She couldn’t describe her feelings at that moment, but she really couldn’t smile anymore.
However, she was certain of one thing. Between Janet and her, Ken must have chosen Janet.
She didn’t blame anyone but herself for not being strong enough.
After lying down for a while, her phone suddenly rang.
Melody was afraid of disturbing Shane, so she answered the call without looking at the call
room and said, “Who is it?”
ID. Then, she walked to the bathroom in the guest
“Miss Fox, it’s me.” Melody immediately recognized the voice. It was the person she had sent to monitor Mabel.
She closed the bathroom door and gripped her phone tightly. “Go ahead. I’m listening.”
The person said, “As per your instructions, Mabel went to the beauty salon in the morning. After having lunch in Epoch Plaza, she went to Sky Hall.”
The bodyguard was afraid that she didn’t know about that place, so he immediately said,
Melody asked, “Who did she play billiards with?”
The bodyguard said, “Mr. Ulric…”
“Ulric Swanson?” Melody smirked playfully.
She thought, ‘Are these two finally going to start hitting it off?’
“Yes,” the bodyguard said. “Sky Hall has been reserved. I can’t find out what’s going
on inside.”
Hall
is
the place to play billiards.”
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“There’s no need to keep an eye on them,” Melody said cautiously, “Retreat immediately. Don’t let Ulric find out.”
“Yes, Miss Fox.” After the call ended, Melody laughed mockingly.
The couple who had taken her life in her previous life were finally entangled again in this life.
However, when the two of them were exposed to being together in her previous life, Ulric’s legs had already been cured by her. In this life, it was much moved up much earlier.
The world was made of many gears. Once a gear changed, there would be a chain reaction, so this was normal.
Just as Melody was thinking about what to do next, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
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